Court Rules Parents Can File Wrongful Birth Lawsuit Saying They Wish Their Child Was Never Born
by Micaiah Bilger, Life News:
Iowa parents who say they would have aborted their unborn son if they had known he had cerebral palsy may sue their doctors, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.
Radio Iowa reports Pamela Plowman and her ex-husband Jeremy Plowman filed wrongful birth lawsuits after they said their doctors did not inform them of the abnormalities that showed up on an ultrasound of their unborn son.
Pamela Plowman said their son was born in Fort Madison with cerebral palsy and other medical issues; and if she had known about them before his birth, she would have aborted him, according to the report.
She and Jeremy Plowman, who divorced after their son’s birth, filed separate lawsuits against the doctors, seeking money for the costs of raising their son, mental anguish and loss of income, according to the report.
In a decision filed Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision and ruled that the Plowmans are allowed to sue for their son’s so-called “wrongful birth.” The court argued that their cases fit “within general tort principles for medical negligence.”
Pamela Plowman said her doctors had told her that “everything was fine” with her unborn son, and she was never informed that “the radiologist had found any abnormalities or that the ultrasound was in any way abnormal,” according to the court ruling.
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